Hame-fastener



(No Model.)

D. B; BAKER.

HAME FASTENER.

,711. Patented Sept. 7', 1886.

- WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL BROVN BAKER, OF RISING SUN, OHIO.

HAMEF-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent; No. 348,711, datedSeptember 7, 1886.

Application filed June 28, 1886. Serial No. 106,516. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL BROWN BAKER, ofRising Sun, in the county of\Vood and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Hame-Fastener,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to that class of devices used for quickly adjustingand securing hames to the collars in connection with which they areemployed, the object of the invention being to do away with straps andother inconvenient fastening devices, and to provide an attachmentwhereby the hames may be quickly secured to place, and having been sosecured will not be liable to accidental displacement.

The invention consists, essentially, of two metallic straps, one ofwhich is formed with teeth, while the other is provided with adouble-armed swinging lever carrying a pin adapted to be engaged by theteeth of the firstnamed strap, the lever and its strap being so formedand proportioned that the lever will fold within the strap when moved toa position to lock the hames upon the collar.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

' Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fastener, representing the sameas applied to the lower ends of the hames, the parts being shown in theposition they assume prior to being moved to lock the hames to place.Fig. 2 is a side view of the fastener, the strap carrying the lever, andthe lever itself being shown in section in order the better to disclosethe construction of the parts, and Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view ofthe haines in a locked posi' tion, a portion of the collar also beingshown in Section.

In constructing such a fastener as the one illustrated in the drawingsabove referred to, I provide a strap, 10, formed with a hook, 11, andhaving teeth 12, a strap, 13, formed with arms 2 and 3, and a hook, 14.,a lever, 15, be-

4 and 5 being united by a short post or stand- V ard, 7, that is formedwith a recess, 8. The parts are so fitted and proportioned that thelever 15 will fit between the arms of the strap 13, while the strap 10will fit between the arms of the lever 15. The recess 8 forms afingerhold for the operator in unlocking thehalnes, but is so locatedthat an accidental opening of the hames would be impossible.

From the construction described it will be seen that when the lever 15is moved to the position in which it isshown in Fig. 2, it will bealmost impossible for it to become accidentally unlocked, for after thepin 6 has passed the center any strain to which the hames will besubjected would only tend to draw the free or power end of the lever 15inward.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described heme-fastener, consisting of the strap 10, providedwith the hook 11, and teeth 12, the strap 13, provided with the arms 2and 3, and hook 14, and the lever 15, pivoted between the arms of thestrap 13, and provided with the arms 4 and 5, and pin 6, the said leverreceiving the strap 10 between its arms, as set forth.

DANIEL BROVN BAKER.

\Vitnesses:

O. H. DAVVSEY, F. G. BAIR.

